Tips from Epionce about Men’s Skin

Epionce sent us some insider knowledge earlier this week and we feel like we should share this knowledge to you as well. There’s a big difference when dealing with Men’s skin compared to Women’s skin. Epionce has identified four tips that can help understand how to care for men’s skin:

Male facial skin is different than female facial skin – slightly. Most of the differences in female vs. male skin can be credited to hormonal variances rather than physiological differences. Men have higher androgenic activity, which contributes to bearded skin, male hair-loss, active sebaceous glands, hair growth, and type of hair on the body. Men also rarely experience melasma, which is attributed to estrogenic imbalance.

Most men shave every day. Shaving every day stimulates cell turnover. For this reason, male facial skin tends to be thicker than female facial skin. Men do not require a lot of extra emolliency in their facial products, but it’s best to follow shaving with a barrier strengthening product to help minimize the effects of damaging chronic inflammation.

Acne tends to be more severe in males than females. Due to higher amounts of androgen hormone in men, males experience severe grades of acne. Additionally, males have problem skin in their teens and generally clear by their 20s. Women may experience acne well into their 20’s and beyond.

Middle-aged men have a higher incidence in melanoma skin cancer than women. Up until age 40, significantly more women develop melanoma than men (1 in 391 women vs. 1 in 691 men). After age 40, significantly more men develop melanoma than women. Overall, one in 35 men and one in 54 women will develop melanoma in their lifetimes. After age 50, the majority of melanoma cancers diagnosed are in Caucasian men over the age of 50. How to prevent: Get your teenage son in the habit of wearing sunscreen every day, regardless of the weather.